{"id":1221491,"date":"2026-02-23T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d4j4NUtUdvGQtjMCZtRf3T"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:03:52","slug":"baby-steps-bennett-foddys-slapstick-walking-simulator-about-a-slob-climbing-a-mountain-stumbles-onto-steam-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/baby-steps-bennett-foddys-slapstick-walking-simulator-about-a-slob-climbing-a-mountain-stumbles-onto-steam-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Steps, Bennett Foddy&#8217;s slapstick walking simulator about a slob climbing a mountain, stumbles onto Steam in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>I&#8217;ve generally avoided Bennet Foddy&#8217;s games, given they are essentially purpose-built frustration generators. But there&#8217;s something that intrigues me about Baby Steps. Maybe it\u2019s the inherent slapstick comedy built into the concept of a schlub trying to walk up a mountain with physics-empowered feet. Maybe it&#8217;s the fact it&#8217;s been co-developed by Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch, creators of jazzy gorilla slaughterfest Ape Out. Or maybe I just empathise with the concept of a man who doesn&#8217;t get enough exercise trying to climb a slope.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it is, I&#8217;m much keener to play this than QWOP or Getting Over It or any of Foddy&#8217;s previous efforts. And it turns out there isn&#8217;t much longer to wait. Baby Steps has an official release date, and it&#8217;ll arrive on September 8.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer, which, I&#8217;ll be honest, focuses a bit too much on slightly limp improvised comedy about someone watching the player character go to the toilet, and not enough on the wibbly-wobbly barefoot hiking that forms the bulk of the game. But I nonetheless enjoyed the clips of your sweaty, beardy avatar trying (and often failing) to walk across logs, up slopes, and over rocky outcrops.<\/p>\n<p>Improv aside, it seems like a game that&#8217;ll elicit a lot of laughs. Indeed,<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/i-laughed-i-fell-i-ragequit-baby-steps-is-a-hilarious-walking-simulator-i-cant-wait-to-watch-speedrunners-try-to-defeat\/\"> Chris took Baby Steps for a walk around the block back in March<\/a>, and found it to be supremely amusing, at least when he wasn&#8217;t ragequitting from it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t11z-8K_9ik\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a hilarious game. Nate is funny when he falls, as his pudgy onesie-encased body slowly gets covered with dirt and mud anytime he takes a tumble. Nate is also funny when he doesn&#8217;t fall, just due to the jerky awkwardness of each of his legs being controlled separately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yet while you&#8217;ll be slipping and sliding a lot in Baby Steps, it is designed to be more accessible than Foddy&#8217;s previous work. &#8220;To see the whole storyline and get to the end of the game is really a lot more achievable for most people,&#8221;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/the-hardest-parts-of-open-world-walking-simulator-baby-steps-are-harder-than-getting-over-it-by-quite-some-distance-says-bennett-foddy\/\"> Foddy explained to Chris when he tested the demo<\/a>. That said, Foddy also pointed out that some of the optional challenges in Baby Steps are &#8220;harder than Getting Over It by quite some distance&#8221;, so if you&#8217;re a fiend for physics-based traversal puzzles, you&#8217;ll also be well catered for.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"832db135-717e-44af-bd55-6736dd261297\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/baby-steps-bennett-foddys-slapstick-walking-simulator-about-a-slob-climbing-a-mountain-stumbles-onto-steam-in-september.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"832db135-717e-44af-bd55-6736dd261297\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/puzzle\/baby-steps-bennett-foddys-slapstick-walking-simulator-about-a-slob-climbing-a-mountain-stumbles-onto-steam-in-september\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve generally avoided Bennet Foddy&#8217;s games, given they are essentially purpose-built frustration generators. But there&#8217;s something that intrigues me about Baby Steps. Maybe it\u2019s the inherent slapstick comedy built into the concept of a schlub trying to walk up a mountain with physics-empowered feet. Maybe it&#8217;s the fact it&#8217;s been co-developed by Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch, creators of jazzy gorilla slaughterfest Ape Out. Or maybe I just empathise with the concept of a man who doesn&#8217;t get enough exercise trying to climb a slope. Whatever it is, I&#8217;m much keener to play this than QWOP or Getting Over It or any of Foddy&#8217;s previous efforts. And it turns out there isn&#8217;t much longer to wait. Baby Steps has an official release date, and it&#8217;ll&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/baby-steps-bennett-foddys-slapstick-walking-simulator-about-a-slob-climbing-a-mountain-stumbles-onto-steam-in-september\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1221492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,1928],"class_list":["post-1221491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-puzzle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baby Steps, Bennett Foddy&#039;s slapstick walking simulator about a slob climbing a mountain, stumbles onto Steam in September | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I&#039;ve generally avoided Bennet Foddy&#039;s games, given they are essentially purpose-built frustration generators. 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